Posted on September 23, 2025
of william morris, julio cortázar, and dragons
for the past year I’ve been reading Fiona MacCarthy‘s biography of William Morris (a low and slow reading, if you will) and now, through a gradual accumulation of coincidences, my head is full of dragons.
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Posted on July 24, 2025
Yves’ digicam choice is no Soft Error!
forgive the pun, but this morning I was delighted to discover that a musician I follow – Yves (former Loona, now solo) – used a digicam I have in my collection in some of her album art! from the poster for the listening party, we can see more details:
as far as I can tell, this appears to be a Casio Exilim EX-Z50 with the logo photoshopped off! I may well be wrong – many models within a numbered range have similar button layouts – but this one struck me with pleasant familiarity when I first saw it, because it’s one of my own most-used digicams. it’s a decent lil guy – sturdy yet compact, it’s got great battery life and gets the job done. a good choice, if I do say so myself ;^)
Posted on July 11, 2025
the mystery of the calbee cards
while doing research for a future project, I noticed something strange… was it a figment of my imagination? or had a phantom kamen rider appeared?! read on to find out!
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project projections and presents
I was chugging along with some research project or other when I came up against a snag – an intriguing and engrossing snag, but a snag nonetheless. all will be revealed in time, but for now: I went down a whirlwind of tangents and historical documentation just to find one single clip of one single location, but I believe I have finally located its origin, after much frustration and hair-pulling… and, this super sweet guy I know may have helped me procure a copy of said materials, which may or may not have involved a fierce bidding war – and may in fact be on its way here just in time for my birthday…!!!? if I had to put how I feel into words, it’d be something like this:
Posted on July 6, 2025
spotted a fun lil shonen tanteidan reference
came across it while reading through Ghost Hunt for a future project :^)
read right to left
Posted on July 3, 2025
Kamen Rider Cafe Culture – rating system
as observant readers will know, I am a huge fan of the tokusatsu franchise kamen rider – having watched the whole thing (watching week-to-week these days, as it airs), one thing that always stuck out to me was that cafes, bars and restaurants crop up in over half the seasons, often serving as some kind of “HQ” for the lead characters to come back to. so, I got to thinking – I should review these joints! both as dining establishments, but also to try and understand a little bit more about what purpose they serve in the plot as a whole. read on to hear more about the rating system I’ve been devising as the first part of this series!
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